"河水不洗船" meaning in 漢語

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Phrase

IPA: /xɤ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ syːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA]
Etymology: 出自《儒林外史》第十四回:
  1. 不相干,置身事外 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-河水不洗船-zh-phrase-aqFq16UX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "text": "我是一片本心,特地來報信。我也只願得無事,落得河水不洗船。"
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        "不相干,置身事外"
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héshuǐ bù xǐ chuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ seoi² bat¹ sai² syun⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héshuǐ bù xǐ chuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héshuěi bù sǐ chuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho²-shui³ pu⁴ hsi³ chʻuan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hé-shwěi bù syǐ chwán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hershoei bu shii chwan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xɛšuj bu si čuanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хэшуй бу си чуань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ seoi² bat¹ sai² syun⁴"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
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        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hòh séui bāt sái syùhn"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ soey² bat⁷ sai² syn⁴"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ sêu² bed¹ sei² xun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ syːn²¹/",
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        "Cantonese",
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        "IPA"
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  "word": "河水不洗船"
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    "帶「洗」的漢語詞",
    "帶「船」的漢語詞",
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    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
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      "text": "我是一片本心,特地來報信。我也只願得無事,落得河水不洗船。"
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      "text": "我是一片本心,特地来报信。我也只愿得无事,落得河水不洗船。"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "出自《儒林外史》第十四回:",
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      "glosses": [
        "不相干,置身事外"
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  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héshuǐ bù xǐ chuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ seoi² bat¹ sai² syun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héshuǐ bù xǐ chuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héshuěi bù sǐ chuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho²-shui³ pu⁴ hsi³ chʻuan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hé-shwěi bù syǐ chwán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hershoei bu shii chwan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xɛšuj bu si čuanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хэшуй бу си чуань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ seoi² bat¹ sai² syun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hòh séui bāt sái syùhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ soey² bat⁷ sai² syn⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ho⁴ sêu² bed¹ sei² xun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ syːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
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  ],
  "word": "河水不洗船"
}

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